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America Votes

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On Tuesday, US voters will elect their next president, either incumbent Barack Obama or Republican challenger Mitt Romney. What will the election results mean for America's sputtering economy and geopolitical challenges worldwide?

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  1. America’s Global Election
    pa4176c.jpg Paul Lachine

    America’s Global Election

    Nov 1, 2012 Joseph E. Stiglitz

  2. Kill and Let Die
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    Kill and Let Die

    Oct 29, 2012 Naomi Wolf

  3. The New Obama
    tb0820c.jpg Tim Brinton

    The New Obama

    Oct 24, 2012 Jonathan Schell

  4. A New Low for China Bashing
    pa3787c.jpg Paul Lachine

    A New Low for China Bashing

    Oct 23, 2012 Stephen S. Roach

  5. Obama’s Underachieving Foreign Policy
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    Obama’s Underachieving Foreign Policy

    Oct 23, 2012 Zaki Laïdi

  6. Four Magic Tricks for Fiscal Conservatives
    tb1005c.jpg Tim Brinton

    Four Magic Tricks for Fiscal Conservatives

    Oct 22, 2012 Jeffrey Frankel

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  1. delaney1_Jose JimenezGettyImages_bahamas_dorian Jose Jimenez/Getty Images
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    Turning the Financial Tide for Small Island States

    Maya Delaney & Aminath Shauna tout the potential of green and blue bonds to protect critical ecosystems and build economic resilience.
  2. brown116_Timur MatahariGettyImages_indonesia_free_school_meals Timur Matahari/Getty Images
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    School Meals Provide Food for Thought – and Fuel for Development

    Gordon Brown & Kevin Watkins tout universal nutrition programs in lower-income countries to mitigate a lost decade for poor children.
  3. karl3_Apu GomesGetty Images_LAfires Apu Gomes/Getty Images
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    A House Gutted by Fire

    Terry Lynn Karl blames the inferno now consuming Los Angeles County squarely on greenhouse-gas emissions.
  4. op_janeway17_Natalya KosarevichGetty Images_moneyhandslightbulb Natalya Kosarevich/Getty Images
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    False Economies

    William H. Janeway

    For decades, an efficiency-centered “economic style” has dominated public policy, overriding the concerns for fairness that animated the New Deal and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society. Now, Americans must brace for economic governance that delivers neither efficiency nor fairness, only chaos.

     highlights the high cost of the single-minded focus on efficiency that has come to dominate the discipline.
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    Can US Institutions Withstand Trump 2.0?

    While some observers doubt that US President-elect Donald Trump poses a grave threat to US democracy, others are bracing themselves for the destruction of the country’s constitutional order. With Trump’s inauguration just around the corner, we asked PS commentators how vulnerable US institutions really are.

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    The Climate Policy Pendulum

    Gernot Wagner notes that green technologies retain their many advantages, regardless of national political developments.
  7. strain35_Christina HouseGettyImages_commencement_ceremony Christina House/Getty Images
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    Could High-Skill Immigration Increase Under Trump?

    Michael R. Strain argues that the recent kerfuffle over foreign workers underscores the president-elect’s pragmatic instincts.
  8. posner38_Viktor SidorovGettyImages_un_flag Viktor Sidorov/Getty Images
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    What Happened to International Law?

    Eric Posner sees the web of treaties, conventions, and institutions as another victim of the anti-globalization backlash.
  9. palacio165_Picture AllianceGettyImages_eu_flags Picture Alliance/Getty Images
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    Europe’s Year of Fundamental Choices

    Ana Palacio considers the complex array of internal and external challenges the European Union must confront in 2025.

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